Famous Planes and Famous Flights.
New York: The Platt & Munk Co. Inc., 1940. Small 4to, oblong, unpaginated, full page color illus throughout. Illustrated by Irvin L. Holcombe. Dark red cloth covers with pictorial front cover. Title on front cover in dark blue on white ground over illustration of airplanes in flight. No title on spine. Front cover illustration slightly rubbed at lower edges and dusty. Internally, very good, with bright and clean color illustrations of aircraft. Small dedication inside front cover. A children's book beautifully illustrated, which covers airplane design during the period from Kitty Hawk, in 1903, to the Boeing Stratoliner of 1940, and the opening of La Guardia Field. Very good. Item #11735
Price: $45.00